Letters

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How ‘green’ is Canfield?

Opinion: How ‘green’ is Canfield? EDITOR: Canfield Township residents, wake up. I just read an ad for


McDonald levy is vital

Opinion: McDonald levy is vital EDITOR: The recent news of the unfortunate financial situation in the


The PBGC strikes again

Opinion: The PBGC strikes again EDITOR: And so it goes. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. has denied the


Strickland took high road

Opinion: Strickland took high road EDITOR: There are a number of definitions of political leadership,


Life in Dave’s World

Opinion: Life in Dave’s World EDITOR: Imagine if we all lived in Dave’s World (Betras that is). Everyone


Energy efficiency makes sense

Opinion: Energy efficiency makes sense EDITOR: Moving America forward with clean energy will put us back


Peace Race was a success

Opinion: Peace Race was a success EDITOR: I want to commend the City of Youngstown for having the Peace


We need casinos

Opinion: We need casinos EDITOR: After Hurricane Katrina the rebuilding of casinos in Mississippi brought


Keep your germs at home

Opinion: Keep your germs at home EDITOR: I was shopping for groceries the other day for the first time


You can count on health care reform being mismanaged

Opinion: You can count on health care reform being mismanaged EDITOR: Many people do not seem to


Good weekend for looking back

Opinion: Good weekend for looking back EDITOR: I recently have been nostalgic for entertainment from the


Sidewalks are being neglected

Opinion: Sidewalks are being neglected EDITOR: My concern is the neglect of the sidewalks on the 4000


Boundary road is ignored

Opinion: Boundary road is ignored EDITOR: I am writing in regard to the deplorable conditions of County


Insurance isn’t the answer when all houses are burning

Opinion: Insurance isn’t the answer when all houses are burning EDITOR: Health care is a prime subject in


Turn back the clock on trickle-down economics

Opinion: Turn back the clock on trickle-down economics EDITOR: I can’t believe that our government named


Packard hourly and salaried retirees are united; they should get support from entire Valley

Opinion: EDITOR: This is about all of us in this Valley. We get pretty tired of hearing how all the others


Don’t believe all the critics

Opinion: Don’t believe all the critics EDITOR: John Boehner, the Republican leader in the U.S. House of


Pishkur chose the hard route

Opinion: Pishkur chose the hard route EDITOR: This letter is written in response to the forced


Primary need: more doctors

Opinion: Primary need: more doctors EDITOR: The Vindicator on September 14, 2009, published a short


Blame the Democrats for NAFTA

Opinion: Blame the Democrats for NAFTA EDITOR: Let me remind David Betras, the Mahoning County Democratic


Post office provides view of how government-run health care would work

Opinion: Post office provides view of how government-run health care would work EDITOR: If it’s true that


There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies

Opinion: There will be no change if voters keep passing school levies EDITOR: Is it possible I don’t live


McDonald schools’ financial problems shouldn’t have come as a surprise

Opinion: McDonald schools’ financial problems shouldn’t have come as a surprise EDITOR: The headline on


The little surprises found while reading the paper

Opinion: The little surprises found while reading the paper EDITOR: A couple of days ago I found another


This is unAmerican

Opinion: This is unAmerican EDITOR: I read an article in The Vindicator that I can’t get out of my mind


It’s not that complicated

Opinion: It’s not that complicated EDITOR: The issue of health care coverage can’t be resolved to please


Cal only looks one way

Opinion: Cal only looks one way EDITOR: Calamitous Cal Thomas indicated that racism was a one-way street


A great beginning

Opinion: A great beginning EDITOR: The evening of Sept. 12 at Edward J. Powers Auditorium was


Imagine health care as just another growth industry

Opinion: Imagine health care as just another growth industry EDITOR: Why is a growing health-care sector


And no smell of sulphur either

Opinion: And no smell of sulphur either EDITOR: As a public service to all the teabaggers, health-reform


Tipping is essential

Opinion: Tipping is essential EDITOR: This is a very sensitive subject but needs to be addressed.


Everyone can help

Opinion: Everyone can help EDITOR: I am an 11-year-old girl who believes that we all need to play our


Companies and employees won’t be able to afford health care

Opinion: Companies and employees won’t be able to afford health care EDITOR: I am astounded that so many


With Pishkur forced out at Forum Health, the Mahoning Valley is at the mercy of outsiders

Opinion: EDITOR: I had to write about the resignation of Walter “Buzz” Pishkur. I think it’s a travesty


Keep our children safe

Opinion: Keep our children safe EDITOR: Like many Americans on both sides of the various issues we face